Building wall construction



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CONSTRUCTION Joalrrogden, Melrose Park, Pa.

Application 'January 27,

193s, serial No.' 131,311,

'4 claims. (ci. isa-s4) This invention relates to building construction and is in some respects an improvement on the invention disclosed in my U. S. Patent No.` 1,959,899. 1

'I'he `invention is particularly applicable to `fabricated building constructions in which 4the units or parts can be. made at one place and shipped and erected at another place, by simply vsembling the parts or units. Itis adapted for either permanent or semi-permanent structures In addition to the advantages of low cost and ease of assembly the construction has the' 'advantage that it forms a completely insulated wall in which there is no heat conducting path from the inside'di the room wall to the outside, or vice versa. Heretoi'ore known vconstruction of this type have had the objection that a metal heat conducting pathexisted from one side of the wall to the other, or to the inside ofthe panel, often because of the use of metal studs exposed atboth sides of the wall, or in contactwith metal so exposed, which leads to conduction of heat, collection of condensation in the panels, and other defects. v

'By means of the present invention the upright metal studs arentted in between the edges ofthe panels, having a bulb head or an equivalent i iiange which is iittedinto grooves between insulating layers on the inside and outside oi the panels; .and to strengthen and gilishthrpanels they are covered'on theinside and outside Vwith sheet 4metal such as steel, which can be painted or otherwise decorated to form the inner and outer exposed surfaces oi' the wall.

The construction may be applied to buildings of one ormore stories, the studs being preferably fastened at ixrbottonrhniglto angle beams'under the iioor and over the ceilings?.^ The panels may be either plain or constructed with doors or windows and in various other ways may be modified accor-,ding to local conditions.v

` The invention is illustrated in the accompany-f. ing drawings in whichz Fig. 1 is a vertical section through an outside wall the invention.' l

Pig. 2 is a similar view-showing the invention applied to a two story building. Y 3 is an elevation of a plain panel.

Pig. 4 is a horizontal section showing one 'of the studs and the Joint therewith of the panels.Y

vll'lg. 5 -is a horizontals'ection showing a corner connection.'

Figs. 6 and 7 are horizontal sections of modincations with diii'erent forms of studs. v

Figs. 8 and 9 are elevations of window and'door panels.

- Fig. 10 is a detail oi a joint, in vertical section. Referring speciilcally to the drawings, t indicates a foundation wall, which may be oi con- 5 crete, to which is bolted as at I the lower ilange of a base angle bar or beam ,I8 which may extend around -the whole building. vA sheet of insulation 8 is shown between the angle bar and the foundation. Studs 9 are erected upon the 10 foundation and are bolted to the upight iiange cof the angle bar I6 by studbolts I0, which are tapped into the studs and provided with holding vnuts on the inside face of the base angle.

'l'he studs or upright beams 9 may be of the 15 cross `section shownin Fig. 4, having ilanges o'r head Il, a web l2, and inside iianges I3. The headv or iianges Il are preferably somewhat wedge-shaped at each side so as to make a close t with the grooves in the edges of the panels to be described. l

At the top the studs are similarly bolted as lndicated at il to the vertical ilange of a horizontal ceiling angle bar i5, the lowerflange of which is bolted as at I1 to truss joists Il of commercial 25 construction, which also support the roof in one story construction orthe second stnryninvtwo/v story constructlo And/tlqupper end voi the st'udjfisbol as at I9 to the vertical depending flange of a horizontal angle 2l the horizontal iiange voi' which isA bolted to the top member of the truss joist and supports the roof or tloor as the cue may be. The lower tloor'lislaid upon a truss `.ioist 22 the endsoi' which are set 4in the foundation; and it will be noticed that the -oor is set up by strips Itaabovethe joint between the foundation and the panels and studrand a base board!! may be set around the noor, against the panels,'- Each panel comprises a Vfiller-or frame, which may be made of wood with side edgepieces 2|', vtop andbottom pieces 2l and any desired num bery of intermediate..pleoes2l.1'l'his makes a wooden frame or filler to receive the insulating material on the' inner and sides.; This consists of sheets 2l of Celotex. plaster or' "Tf similar material, .whichfare cemented as at Il to the opposite sides of the iiller. Inner and outer sheets 3l oi.' metal are cemented as with asphalt cement to the faces of the insulation sheets', on the outside and inside oi! the panel,v 'and the margins of the metal sheets are bentaround the edges o! the insulation and extend inwardly a suilicient distance'- to be nailed as indicated at!! to the sides, top'a'nd bottom o! Il /Jf/Jdownpverrtheiopprtlrestudsma material may also be nailed as indicated at 33 to said frame. This provides a panel having inner and outer 'sheet metal surfaces, each backed by a layer of insulating material, all secured to the iiller frame, and conveniently hollow, without however having any metal parts extending from the inside tothe outside of the panel. Accordingly there is no heat conducting path of metal from the inside to the outside of the wall.

' The jointsv between the edges of the panels are lled by strips of Celotex or similar material as Indicated at 34, covered by a lling of mastic or plastic compound as indicated at 35, substantiallvush Vwith the external surfaces of the panels. This makes a substantially smooth surface with a paneled effect which is attractive rather than otherwise.

The vertical ller pieces 25 are grooved as indicated at 36, at the vertical edges of the panels, to interlock with the iianged head or part of the stud at opposite sides. The groove will be of a size and shape to conform to the anges, but is preferably wedge-shaped to make a tight joint. It will be seen that the interlocking engagement of these panels with the flanges of the stud retain and h old the panels in xed upright position and make the use of many other fastening devices unnecessary. The panels and studs may be worked into place in various ways. Usually, in one story Work, a stud will be set up and fastened. Then a panel will be slid in sidewise, and then another stud and so on. Or the studs may be loosely set up and rocked a little to permit the edges of the panels to be slipped in past the iianges of the studs. When the bolts and studs are tightened the panels are drawn into place, and the whole assembly job may be very quickly and neatly done, even by unskilled labor..

'I'he corner panels are modiiied as shown inFig. 5 by being beveled oil' to fit the angle and a notch or recess formed to receive an upright corner post or iiller Mi, which may be made of wood. On the exterior of this corner there is applied a vertical steel angle 6i, to finish the corner, and this is held in place by a long bolt B2 which extends VVthrgzglmigh an inner 'vertical corner angle 43 attached bsto the base angle I6. The screws d2 will conveniently beinsertedand driven through tapped holes at 46 in the outer angle and then cut oi ush with the surface of the angle.

' e r'For-two story work iioor and ceiling truss joists 22aare suppcrted'by the studs and the angles I5 and 2B and the` second story studs andpanels are erected thereon and similarly support ceiling and iooring truss joists 22h upon which any suitable rooiing 60 may be laid, with a iiashingvi lappen ndfpnels. Somewhat cheaper and lighter construction are shown in Figs. 6 and 7. The panels are constructed the same way as above descrbedLbut the studs'instead of being rathernhe'avy shapes as shown lat 9 are made' iii/Fig. 6 of shapedsheet metal l bent toiorm iianges i@ and web portions ii'he anges t in appropriate grooves in the ller pieces 25 and the studs are drawn up and fastened by bolts l2 extending through the angle i@ and tapped into the studs, the joints being closed by a iilling 35i and 35 as above described.

In Fig. '7, instead of' shaped sheet metal the `*the filler frame. The Celotex or other insulating studs may consist of plain metal strips or bars 8 0 which extend vertically in appropriate grooves in the llers 25 and are held by bolts 8| extending through the angle I6 and into tapped holes in the strips, the joints being iilled in the same way as above described.

Fig. 10 illustrates' a horizontal joint which may be used. In this the horizontal top and bottom iiller pieces 26 are grooved as indicated at 31 to .receive a horizontal interlocking strip 8D, the joint being lled at the inside and outside by the strips 34 and the compound 35. This is particularly useful in two story structures.

Windowl and door panels are illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9. vConveniently the intermediate frames 21 and the surface sheets and layers are cut and framed to form openings to receive a window frame 90 or a door frame 9|, in

an obvious manner.

It will be seen that a wall so constructed is fully insulated, and practically the only bolts necessary are those used to fasten the studs at top and bottom. These fastenings to the angles are below the oor or above the ceiling, and the construction permits of a finished wall without the addition of caps'or the protrusion of bolts or screws either on the outside surface or the inside room surface. 'I'he panel construction results in a completely insulated and' rigid panel with all possibility of internal corrosion eliminated, and a: ysuperior advantage is that there is absolutely` no metal heat conducting connection between the inside of the rooms and the outside of the building.

The invention is not limited to the details shown, but may be varied within the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

l. A building construction comprising metal I studs having vertical wedge-shaped iianges within the wall, and unitary preormedpanels be tween the studs, said panels being hollow and having spaced layers of insulating material land 4faces of said layers.

3. A wall construction of the metal studding V.andunitary panel type, in which the studs have iangesV Vand.ilvitlioui'ftltlefvrall and the anges the wall interlock with grooves in the edges of the adjacent panels, said-parlais v being preformed.; and having inside and outside spaced layers and intermediate edge frames containing said grooves, each layer consistingnf an inside sheet of insulatingmaterialand an outside' megalf-sheetfthesid margins of :which are bent iwardly across the edges of the insulating sheet and attached to the edge frames. l

l. A unitary panel for building wall construction, comprising an internal frame having top,

Vbottom and side members, layers of insulating material on opposite sides of said Aframe, and metal sheets covering the outer surfaces of said layers, all secured together in a unit, the margins of the metal sheets being bent inwardly over the edges of the insulating layers and secured to the frame. y Y,

J'OAH BROGDEN. 

